# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S505
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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 505

“Brief Statement” to Be Sole Basis for Negotiations

Toward Unity
(Memorial 606)

We, the members of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Congregation
of Wilmot, S. Dak., in lawful meeting assembled on March 25, 1947,

* Fespectfully petition the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri,
e Ohio, and Other States that it go on record as declaring the Brief
> Statement of 1932 to be the one and only basis for future negotia-
tions in the interest of unity and union, all action of Synod sub-

sequent to 1932 notwithstanding.
In the name of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church by

Ernest Frericus, Elder Water Ascuwece, Elder
Lioyp Dickson, Elder L. K. Meyer, Pastor

Concerning the Union Resolutions of 1938
(Memorial 608)

We, the members of the South-Central Pastoral Conference of
the Minnesota District of the Missouri Synod, being seriously con-
cerned about preserving harmony and peace within our own ranks,
respectfully petition Synod to consider:

The 1938 Union Resolutions, consisting of three parts, have
been proved to be a very impractical basis for church fellowship, as
the 1941 convention has also declared;

2. The 1938 Resolutions set up conditions which were not ful-
filled; nor has it been shown that the American Lutheran Church
has made a serious effort to comply with them;

3. The condition that the Missouri Synod seek and gain the
approval of the other synods in the Synodical Conference has not
been realized;

4. The 1938 Resolutions have become the cause of much con-
fusion and internal strife among us;

5. In 1938 the synodical fathers were quoted as having declared
that differences in certain non-fundamental doctrines need not be
divisive of church fellowship. The correctness of these interpreta-
tions of such statements made by the fathers has been drawn into
question;

6. Developments since 1938 have shown that whole sections

of the American Lutheran Church openly reject some doctrines.

clearly set forth in the Brief Statement. (Cf. South Dakota and
Nebraska Districts.)

7, The 1938 Resolutions have been used and are being used